Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: FALLING

Nevada Revised Statute 618.375(1): Duties of employers. The employer failed to furnish employment and a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees: The controlling employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees as follows: a.At the Elvis Cirque Du Soleil Theater, a factory worker was severely injured when he fell 27 feet from the top of a theater stage into a stage lift shaft. The C5 stage lift, had been lowered to the basement in order to place show elements on it. The employer did not ensure that the procedure used by occupants of the theater adequately addressed protecting employees from falling into open stage lift shafts. One feasible means of abatement, among others, is to ensure that the current procedure for clearing and moving show elements is updated to include methods to protect employees from falling into open stage lift shafts.